Hormone Fluctuations...can Cause MANY symptoms to arise...have you had a Good Physical recently ? I have been running the gauntlet with Health Anxiety issues the past 2 years...periods remained "Normal" for me til last June, when they started to change, I began to Understand that many of my Symptoms may very well be due to Perimenopause ..

Have a Good, frank discussion with your Dr. come here to see what it is other woman are dealing with...knowing that what you are going thru may very well be normal can help ease some Anxiety..

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I can relate to your symptoms they certainly got worse during the onset of menopause and do still happen even now, I can't comment on any treatments as I don't take any due to Breast Cancer being in my family. But any abnormal heart sentations should be mentioned to Doctor just to rule out anything else.

Dakota Rose is exactly right about the anxiety. I had horrible anxiety attacks, trembling in my legs & arms, depression, heart palpitations, it was horrible! But then after getting some ansers and ruling out any other health problems,my anxiety lessened when I learned that it was my hormones fluctuating. I, too, had blood work done and my hormones were on the low side. I tried taking replacement hormones and had a terrible time with them. So I stopped. I now take meds for the anxiety and am doing SO much better!

Karen Sue,
What do you take for anxiety??

My doctor prescribed Buspar and a low dose of Paxil. She assured me that these are non-habit forming and I would be able to get off of them when I get through the worse part of perimenopause. I can tell you, I am 100 percent better since starting these. I've never been comfortable with taking prescription drugs, but I was desperate. I felt like I was about to have a nervous breakdown. These have really helped me a lot.

Ialso take a low dose of Lopressor. Two years ago I had started having panic attacks and my heart beat very rapidly. The doctor I had then diagnosed it as tachycardia. So he started me on Lopressor, which seemed to help for a few months, but the panic attacks came back with a vengeance, along with a lot of other various symptoms. After reading "35 Symptoms of Menopause", I then realized it was all hormonal.

Karen Sue do you have any energy. I am on the Vivelle dot, Ambien for sleep and Ativan is my anxiety get too uncomfortable. My energy is better but not what it was just a year ago. When can we expect to pass thru to the otehr side?

I too take Buspar 7.5mg every single morning and evening. I too had my anxiety come back with a vengance and man oh man it was ROUGH! I thank God continuosly for the medicine that I am taking that helps me tremendously! I also take a 25mg tablet of Atenolol before bedtime and it helps with keeping my heart palpitations as bay as well as helps me rest better.

I wish each of you ladies the best!
*BIG HUGS*